Numbers 34:5

Numbers 34:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the border shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

Context of Numbers 34:5

3Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea. 4Your border will turn south of the Scorpions’ Ascent, proceed to Zin, and end south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon. The border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, where it will end at the Mediterranean Sea. 6Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border. 7This will be your northern border: From the Mediterranean Sea draw a line to Mount Hor;

Numbers 34:5 word by word

וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן נַ֣חְלָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• shall fetch a compassסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• from Azmonעַצְמוֹן‛atsmôn ‛atsmôn · AzmonH6111
• unto the riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · BrookH5158
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · (Brook of) EgyptH4714
• and the goings outתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• of it shall be at the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Numbers 34:5

• Genesis 15:18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
• Joshua 15:4It proceeded to Azmon and to the Brook of Egypt and so the border ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This is your southern border.
• 1 Kings 8:65Solomon and all Israel with him — a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt — observed the festival at that time in the presence of the Lord our God, seven days, and seven more days — fourteen days.
• Isaiah 27:12On that day the Lord will thresh grain from the Euphrates River as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
• Numbers 34:6Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The river of Egypt - The eastern branch of the river Nile; or, according to others, a river which is south of the land of the Philistines, and fails into the gulf or bay near Calieh.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-5Verses 3-5 The southern boundary commenced at the Dead Sea. The broad and desolate valley by which the depressed bed of that sea is protected toward the south, is called the Ghor. A deep narrow glen enters it at its southwest corner; it is called Wady-el-Fikreh, and is continued in the same southwestern direction, under the name of Wady el-Marrah; a wady which loses itself among the hills belonging to “the wilderness of Zin;” and Kadesh-barnea (see…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The Brook of Egypt is not the Nile River. It refers to a wadi (a dry riverbed that fills with water during the rainy season). This wadi marked the border between Canaan and Egypt and flowed toward the Mediterranean Sea (see 1 Kings 8:65). I In Old Testament times, Israel had little control over this southern coastal area.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. your south quarter--The line which bounded it on the south is the most difficult to trace. According to the best biblical geographers, the leading points here defined are as follows: The southwest angle of the southern boundary should be where the wilderness of Zin touches the border of Edom, so that the southern boundary should extend eastward from the extremity of the Dead Sea, wind around the precipitous ridge of Akrabbim ("scorpions"), thought to…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 34:5

• Azmon
• Canaanites
• Egypt

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• River of Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Euphrates River, the River
• Nile River, River of Egypt, the Nile
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Brook
• Palestine
• Reach
• Stream of Egypt

Commentaries on Numbers 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary